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iBricks will be a PR nightmare for Apple

iBricks will be a PR nightmare for AppleSet RDF=11Just crank up the Jobs Reality Distortion Field to 11 and move on. There ARE no bricked iPhones, except for the illegal, evil, hacked ones. More along, folks. Nothing to see here.RE: iBricks will be a PR nightmare for...

Tags: administration charge, Ofcom, iBrick, PR Nightmare, Apple Inc., public relations, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2007-09-28

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Kids are changing their online habits, will adults change too?

I have two kids, Matt, 21, and Sarah, who just turned 15. I often ask them about their online habits and those of their friends. Matt and his friends aren't all that keen on Facebook, they are spending a lot less time there. Where are they going?...

Tags: Facebook, Group, Twitter, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-08-06

Can the networks support next-gen smartphone traffic?

As the next generation of mobile devices hits the market---iPhone, Pre and Android-based devices---the next question is whether there's the infrastructure in place to support them. Are we headed into a cellular black hole? As Rory Cellan-Jones points out, O2 has the dominance...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile Network, Mobile, Network, Smart Phone, Cellular Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Smart Phones, 3G, Handhelds, Wireless And Mobility, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Hardware, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-07-13

Overblown Wi-Fi signal worry: Don't toss that baby monitor

Quick! Get rid of the baby monitor. It's killing the Wi-Fi. That's what geeks could conclude following reports about a UK-based study on Wi-Fi interference. Can you picture your average guy looking at his router in one hand weighing it against the baby monitor? PC Pro goes with...

Tags: Monitor, Baby Monitor, PC Pro, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-12

IT Analysis - Emissions Auditing

To try to get to the bottom of all the questions, and more besides, Quocirca spent some time with an emissions auditing specialist, Best Foot Forward. With more than a decade of experience Best Foot Forward are an Oxford based consulting company, which has managed emissions reductions projects for customers...

Tags: Quocirca, Information Technology, Auditing

White papers 2008-09-22

Average Brit spends 7 hours 9 minutes watching TV

Every day in 2007, an average UK consumer spent 7 hours and 9 minutes watching TV, on the phone, using the internet or using other telecom services, Ofcom reports. But the average UK household spend on communications in 2007 was 93.63 pounds a month - a fall of 1.53 pounds...

Tags: Minute, U.K., TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Networking, AM

Blog posts 2008-08-15

Britain moves against illegal file sharing

CBC News out of Canada is reporting that British ISPs are making an aggressive move against illegal file sharing by implementing a program designed to discover copyright violators, who will be sent warning letters and may potentially have their internet connections disconnected. For more on the article,...

Tags: File-sharing, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Students: the broadband troubleshooter

Student? Moved out of halls? Ready to move into your new student digs? Heads up. Following on from my series of harrowing entries regarding my broadband trouble, it's about time I sat you down and explained a few things about ISP's, phone lines, telecoms...

Tags: Tenant, Phone, Broadband, Phone Line, Internet Service Provider, Tag, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Internet, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-24

IT Analysis - Are SMBs Getting Enough?

There is plenty of 'Hubbub' in many countries around whether customers are getting the broadband speeds advertised by their Internet Service Providers ISPs, highlighted again most recently in the UK with a series of populist news items. A new code of conduct from the UK's telco and media regulator, Ofcom,...

Tags: Quocirca, Information Technology, Customer, U.K., Small And Medium Business, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Smb/Sme, Policies And Procedures, Business Services, Internet, Strategy, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Human Resources, Management

White papers 2008-06-16

Always-on boosted by British government study

Five years ago, on a Corante blog, I began touting something I called the World of Always-On. (Picture from Ofcom.) Sometimes I was made to feel crazy, but I remained convinced that sensors and motes, linked to WiFi networks, could create applications living in the air for...

Tags: Government, Sensor, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-05-07

Can the UK government regulate US-based social networking sites?

For some time now, the social networking phenomenon and issues around safety - child protection, identity theft etc. - have been very much in the media spot light in my home country, the UK. And the past few weeks have been no different -- except it's the UK government that's...

Tags: Network, U.K., Social Networking Site, Rory Cellan-Jones, Government, Social Networking, Vertical Industries, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Software, Steve O'Hear

Blog posts 2008-04-02

49% of UK kids under 17 have social networking profiles

Almost half of all eight to 17-year-olds online have a profile, Ofcom found. 49% of children 8-17 have an online profile. 22% of 16+ have an online profile. On average adults have profiles on 1.6 sites. 63% of 8 to 17-year-olds with a profile use Bebo. 37% of 8 to...

Tags: Profile, Network, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, AM

Blog posts 2008-04-01

Media tipping point? NBC slashes jobs, costs; says "it's not our fault" (it's no joke)

The Mercs Charlie McCollum writes: How bad are things at NBC?....Well, Jay Leno said on "The Tonight Show late last week that things are so bad, ``our interns are calling Mark Foley, looking for work. He also asked guest Howie Mandel, host of "Deal or No Deal, whether as...

Tags: David Berlind, job, NBC Universal, NBC Universal Inc.

Blog posts 2006-10-23

Broadband over power line's ham radio problem- and vice versa

Broadband over power line's ham radio problem- and vice versanew: DS2's HAM-Friendly 200 Mbps BPL Technology puts Competition on the Deftaken from DS2 press release... http://www.ds2.es/press/record.aspx?id=2914 September 2005DS2's Radio Friendly BPL Technology puts Competition on the DefensiveSpeaking at 2005 UPLC Annual Conference, Victor Dominguez, DS2's Director of Strategy and Standardization,...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, broadband, DS2, broadband over power line, radio

Discussion threads 2006-03-21

More than 30% of UK businesses have broadband

According to Ofcom, more than 30% of UK businesses now have broadband.

Tags: UK BUSINESSES

Blog posts 2005-11-21

14 mln British households have digital TV, 6 mln have broadband

bout 14 mln households in the UK, or 60%, have digital TV, according to Ofcom. More than 6 mln UK households now have broadband Internet access. By the middle of 2005, it is estimated that 50% of all UK net users will be on broadband. The computer is the "must-have"...

Tags: broadband, TV

Blog posts 2005-03-22

14 mln British households have digital TV, 6 mln have broadband

bout 14 mln households in the UK, or 60%, have digital TV, according to Ofcom. More than 6 mln UK households now have broadband Internet access. By the middle of 2005, it is estimated that 50% of all UK net users will be on broadband. The computer is the "must-have"...

Tags: broadband, TV

Blog posts 2005-03-22